Friday 26 June 2020 - Inter Islamic Network on Information Technology and others hosted a WSIS Forum 2020 thematic workshop ‘Session 188 – Digital Accessibility in a COVID-19 World‘.
In this session a diverse group of panelists, including Persons with Disabilities from different regions of the world, technologists, and national innovation system experts, seek to explore the major challenges for accessibility created by the current pandemic, not just in terms of assistive technologies, but also access to them. The webcast of this session is facilitated by the Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group (A11ySIG).
PANEL
- Prof. Tim Unwin, UNESCO Chair in ICT for Development (ICT4D), Royal Holloway, University of London
- Prof. Dr. Raheel Qamar, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI)/ President INI
- Dr. Tahir Naeem, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI) /Executive Director(INIT)
- Hazma Afridi, Afridi Brothers Society , UK
- Shakila Yasmin, VP, Pakistan Disabled Foundation
- Prof. Shahid Ahmed Memon, Chair, Pakistan Disabled Foundation
- Dr. Akber Gardezi, COMSATS University Islamabad (CUI), Inter Islamic Network on Information Technolog